Bow for violins and other stringed instruments



April 12, 1949. P. G. ATTWOOD BOW FOR VIOLINS AND OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Filed May 20, 1947 Patented Apr. 12, 1949 BOW FOR VIOLINS AND OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Percy Gordon Attwood, Oldbury, England, assignor to Accles & Pollock Limited, Oldbury, England Application May 20, 1947, Serial No. 749,171 In Great Britain May 28, 1946 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to bows for violins and other stringed instruments, of the kind in which the staff of the bow is made from a steel or other metal tube. It has been found that such a bow possesses an undesirable resonance due to vibrations within the staff when the bow is in use, and the object of the invention is to provide an improved bow in which this undesirable quality is minimised or eliminated.

The invention comprises a staff made from metal tube and having a packing or lining of sound-absorbent material.

The accompanying drawing is a part sectional side view of a violin bow staff embodying the invention.

In carrying the invention into efiect as shown, I construct the staff a from steel or other suitable metal tube, as heretofore, and I lightly pack the interior of the tube with kapok, cotton, wool, or any other analogous fibrous material I) (which may include glass wool or the like).

Alternatively instead of lightly packing the staff a as above described, I may line it with any appropriate sound absorbent material, such as paper, or fabric, or a deposit of powdered material.

PERCY GORDON AITWOOD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,151,413 Steckenreiter Aug. 24, 1915 

